Starring Prabhas, Pooja Hegde 
 
Written&nbsp;&nbsp;&amp; Directed by&nbsp;&nbsp;Radha Krishna Kumar

Rating: * ½ 
 
Vikramaditya, our hero in this Tsunami of a film, can tell the future. He reads&nbsp;Mrs Gandhi's (yes THE Mrs G's) palm with a monkish calm and declares that she would soon declare an emergency in the country. The&nbsp;&nbsp;onscreen Mrs G&nbsp;raises an&nbsp;eyebrow into her&nbsp;shrub of whitened hair and asks&nbsp;&nbsp;Vikramaditya, ‘Do you&nbsp;even know what you are saying?’ 
 
This is&nbsp;exactly the question that comes&nbsp;to mind many times&nbsp;as one sits transfixed to the very strange goings-on in&nbsp;'Radhe Shyam'. Is this&nbsp;bird or&nbsp;a plane or pain in the nether regions?

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/interview-prabhas-opens-up-on-radhe-shyam-box-office-his-future-project-more-461228" hreflang="en">I am a romantic at heart: Prabhas on new film 'Radhe Shyam' and more</a>

Tell tell. What is this meant to be? Prabhas the&nbsp;superstar&nbsp;who can&nbsp;do no wrong, says it is a “pure” love story. But sorry, there is nothing pure about&nbsp;the&nbsp;style in which writer-director Radha Krishna&nbsp;Kumar has mounted his monumentally misfired romance, so off-kilter&nbsp;it will put you off palmistry and all things mistry including chemistry, palmistry and Amit Mistry for all times to come.

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Yes, I am trying to be facetious. It is&nbsp;a survival&nbsp;instinct I use when I am in deep pain. Like losing a&nbsp;loved&nbsp;one to Covid. Or&nbsp;watching a&nbsp;film so unbearably&nbsp;self-important&nbsp;and so laughably&nbsp;intent&nbsp;on&nbsp;being intense that&nbsp;the whole&nbsp;endeavour seems designed&nbsp;to&nbsp;bring down every&nbsp;love trope that you have ever seen in any film on love from 'Romeo &amp; Juliet' to 'Love Aaj Kal'.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/will-radhe-shyam-click-in-hindi-trade-analysts-kick-in-461181" hreflang="en">Will 'Radhe Shyam' click in Hindi? Trade analysts kick in</a> 
 
By the way, 'Radhe Shyam' is&nbsp;not 'Love Aaj Kal'. It is love in the 1970s set in the mongrelized imagination&nbsp;of&nbsp;some strange art designer who&nbsp;suggests&nbsp;a&nbsp;marriage&nbsp;of baroque with&nbsp;plastic. The&nbsp;costumes are largely gauzy gowns for&nbsp;Pooja Hedge&nbsp;and light polo necks with&nbsp;tight trousers&nbsp;for Prabhas accompanied&nbsp;by several accessories&nbsp;like scarves belts, a&nbsp;brooch,&nbsp;antique phone sets and fancy crockery that suggest&nbsp;an affluent lifestyle. 
 
Sadly the&nbsp;frames convey a sterile emptied-out&nbsp;feeling as if&nbsp;the art designer and&nbsp;other technicians&nbsp;had built a lifesize doll’s house with Barbie emotions to match. Prabhas and&nbsp;Ms Hegde whisper sweet-nothings, literally, to one&nbsp;another: it's all about posing posturing and&nbsp;masquerading.

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This is&nbsp;all a masquerade&nbsp;of&nbsp;real love, with&nbsp;highfalutin&nbsp;ideas on&nbsp;destiny&nbsp;impinging on the&nbsp;immaculate&nbsp;artificiality&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;going-on like&nbsp;a dollop of&nbsp;homemade honey&nbsp;thrown over a messy gooey melting&nbsp;mound of factory-made chocolate ice cream. The lead players&nbsp;look&nbsp;completely uninvolved with one&nbsp;another&nbsp;and&nbsp;with the ersatz&nbsp;intensity and&nbsp;intimacy that&nbsp;the storytelling generates like&nbsp;electric fire logs, with leaping flames that are just for show. 
 
As for the supporting cast, some&nbsp;good actors like&nbsp;Sachin Khedekar, Sathyaraj and Jagapathi Babu are reduced to&nbsp;mere caricatures.&nbsp;The hospital where&nbsp;a part of the&nbsp;drama unfolds&nbsp;resembles a museum&nbsp;in transition&nbsp;with every&nbsp;disease from hypochondria&nbsp;to cancer&nbsp;converted into&nbsp;comic relief. 
 
In the end, only one of the&nbsp;two love birds is&nbsp;destined to live. And we really&nbsp;don't&nbsp;care which one&nbsp;it is.

Starring Prabhas, Pooja Hegde Written & Directed by Radha Krishna Kumar Rating: * ½ Vikramaditya, our hero in this Tsunami of a film, can tell the future. He reads Mrs Gandhi's (yes THE Mrs G's) palm with a monkish calm and declares that she would soon declare an emergency in the country.

Starring Prabhas, Pooja Hegde Written & Directed by Radha Krishna Kumar Rating: * ½ Vikramaditya, our hero in this Tsunami of a film, can tell the future. He reads Mrs Gandhi's (yes THE Mrs G's) palm with a monkish calm and declares that she would soon declare an emergency in the country. The onscreen Mrs G raises an eyebrow into her shrub of whitened hair and asks Vikramaditya, ‘Do you even know what you are saying?’ This is exactly the question that comes to mind many times as one sits transfixed to the very strange goings-on in 'Radhe Shyam'. Is this bird or a plane or pain in the nether regions? Also read: I am a romantic at heart: Prabhas on new film 'Radhe Shyam' and more Tell tell. What is this meant to be? Prabhas the superstar who can do no wrong, says it is a “pure” love story. But sorry, there is nothing pure about the style in which writer-director Radha Krishna Kumar has mounted his monumentally misfired romance, so off-kilter it will put you off palmistry and all things mistry including chemistry, palmistry and Amit Mistry for all times to come. Yes, I am trying to be facetious. It is a survival instinct I use when I am in deep pain. Like losing a loved one to Covid. Or watching a film so unbearably self-important and so laughably intent on being intense that the whole endeavour seems designed to bring down every love trope that you have ever seen in any film on love from 'Romeo & Juliet' to 'Love Aaj Kal'. Also read: Will 'Radhe Shyam' click in Hindi? Trade analysts kick in By the way, 'Radhe Shyam' is not 'Love Aaj Kal'. It is love in the 1970s set in the mongrelized imagination of some strange art designer who suggests a marriage of baroque with plastic. The costumes are largely gauzy gowns for Pooja Hedge and light polo necks with tight trousers for Prabhas accompanied by several accessories like scarves belts, a brooch, antique phone sets and fancy crockery that suggest an affluent lifestyle. Sadly the frames convey a sterile emptied-out feeling as if the art designer and other technicians had built a lifesize doll’s house with Barbie emotions to match. Prabhas and Ms Hegde whisper sweet-nothings, literally, to one another: it's all about posing posturing and masquerading. This is all a masquerade of real love, with highfalutin ideas on destiny impinging on the immaculate artificiality of the going-on like a dollop of homemade honey thrown over a messy gooey melting mound of factory-made chocolate ice cream. The lead players look completely uninvolved with one another and with the ersatz intensity and intimacy that the storytelling generates like electric fire logs, with leaping flames that are just for show. As for the supporting cast, some good actors like Sachin Khedekar, Sathyaraj and Jagapathi Babu are reduced to mere caricatures. The hospital where a part of the drama unfolds resembles a museum in transition with every disease from hypochondria to cancer converted into comic relief. In the end, only one of the two love birds is destined to live. And we really don't care which one it is.

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With Covid-related uncertainties looming large over the fate of large-screen releases, filmmakers are now selecting two instead of one release date. 
 
SS Rajamouli has announced that his lavish costume drama RRR will release either on &nbsp;March 18 or April 28.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/ram-charan-alia-bhatt-starrer-rrr-gets-two-release-dates-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-446729">Ram Charan &amp; Alia Bhatt starrer ‘RRR’ gets two release dates due to Covid-19 pandemic</a>

Now sources from Hyderabad inform that Prabhas’s long-due love story 'Radhe Shyam' will come on whichever of the two above dates that Rajamouli vacates. The film also stars Pooja Hegde as the female lead.&nbsp;

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The informed source reveals, "Prabhas has two big films ready for release, one in Telugu 'Radhe Shyam' where he plays Shyam and the other in Hindi 'Adipurush' where he plays &nbsp;Ram. Both Ram and Shyam are very impatient to get out there into movie theatres. Prabhas is pushing to ensure that at least one of the two releases, 'Radhe Shyam' which started shooting long before 'Adipurush', is released this year."

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I hear Prabhas is in constant touch with his buddy SS Rajamouli about the release of RRR so that 'Radhe Shyam' can grab the vacated slot.

With Covid-related uncertainties looming large over the fate of large-screen releases, filmmakers are now selecting two instead of one release date. SS Rajamouli has announced that his lavish costume drama RRR will release either on March 18 or April 28.

With Covid-related uncertainties looming large over the fate of large-screen releases, filmmakers are now selecting two instead of one release date. SS Rajamouli has announced that his lavish costume drama RRR will release either on March 18 or April 28. Ram Charan & Alia Bhatt starrer ‘RRR’ gets two release dates due to Covid-19 pandemic Now sources from Hyderabad inform that Prabhas’s long-due love story 'Radhe Shyam' will come on whichever of the two above dates that Rajamouli vacates. The film also stars Pooja Hegde as the female lead. Prabhas starrer 'Radhe Shyam' postponed amid surge in Covid-19 cases The informed source reveals, "Prabhas has two big films ready for release, one in Telugu 'Radhe Shyam' where he plays Shyam and the other in Hindi 'Adipurush' where he plays Ram. Both Ram and Shyam are very impatient to get out there into movie theatres. Prabhas is pushing to ensure that at least one of the two releases, 'Radhe Shyam' which started shooting long before 'Adipurush', is released this year." RRR: Everything you need to know about SS Rajamouli's magnum opus I hear Prabhas is in constant touch with his buddy SS Rajamouli about the release of RRR so that 'Radhe Shyam' can grab the vacated slot.

Prabhas' 'Radhe Shyam' to release on the day that RRR vacates

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Prabhas' 'Radhe Shyam' to release on the day that RRR vacates